Monthly Archives: October 2015

My new lace knit Deco Panel Wrap design is now finished and the pattern is available on Ravelry.

It’s taken a while to create this pattern, as it incorporates 3 different lace stitches plus a central lace medallion. Each of the stitch patterns is knit over a different number of rows, and in this case that meant that the basic pattern repeat was 48 rows!

The wrap was knit in a lace-weight hand-dyed yarn with tonal variations throughout.

There is a central scroll stitch panel surrounded by English mesh lace panels, and the edges are traveling vines of knit lace. The central panel, along with the edging stitch patterns, was a repeat of 60 rows!

The wrap was knit on US size 2 (2.75mm ) needles with Malabrigo Lace yarn, which is 100 per cent baby merino wool, in a hand-dyed colorway called Water Green (83). It took most of 2 50-gram skeins or around 900 yards/825 meters to complete.

Although I still haven’t finished my Deco Lace Panel Wrap (the subject of last week’s blog), I’m nearly there – and I had an idea for something new, so I got the yarn and needles out to see what might happen.

As you can tell from the photo I’m working with two colors – a solid and a gradient – that combine to create a woodland effect.

This will be a sideways knit shawl with a couple of decorative lace panels in some sort of foliage pattern to add to the impression of being in the woods. I’m sure there’ll be a lace edging as well, although I’m not yet sure what that will look like!

Sideways-knit or asymmetrical shawls are interesting to work on, growing from just a few cast-on stitches to a final edge that I like to embellish with an elaborate lace edging.

Here are a couple of my designs for this type of shawl if you’d like to see some finished work:

Here’s an updated photo of my newest design for a lace knit Deco Panel Wrap. If you remember the last photo, it’s now progressed past the midpoint, where you’ll see a central scroll medallion (originally attributed to Dorothy Reade).

This is knit with Malabrigo Lace (color: water green) on US 2 (2.75mm) needles. I’ll be sure to post a link to the pattern when I can finally show you the finished accessory!

The main reason this is taking so long is another project that I’ve been working on – a custom order for my Tribal Traces African Sampler Shawl/Wrap. You can find this pattern on Ravelry.

Start your holidays off right and knit yourself a luxurious scarf in a blend of merino, cashmere, and silk.

The yarn I used for this festive scarf is from Biscotte and Cie, and it’s a 1-ply fingering in this wonderfully soft blend (Vintage Fingering: Red).

My Christmas Trees and Snowflakes lace knit scarf pattern requires less than 1 full skein of this yarn. The dimensions of the finished accessory are 8 x 64 inches / 20.25 x 162.5cm. (You’ll note another yarn option on the Ravelry page for this pattern, resulting in slightly different dimensions.)

Christmas trees and snowflakes are featured in the lace design, which is enhanced by a single jadeite bead topping each of the six trees.

If you’d like one to give as a gift – for yourself or someone on your Christmas list – the finished item is available in my Etsy shop.